Stay ConnectedJoin comedian and pirate Nick Hoffman as he explores the history and pop culture of pirates. Deep dive interviews with the most interesting people in the pirate community who bring the history and stories to life. Actors, treasure hunters, musicians, historians, and more.
From Blackbeard to Black Sails, Jack Sparrow to Jack Rackham… Under The Crossbones is loaded with colorful characters who will take you away from your day to day and drag you happily out to sea.
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Erikka Innes is a comedian and filmmaker. A few years back she made a short film called "Pool Pirates" that I was lucky enough to be in.
The film is about a crew of pirates that have lost their ship and take over a suburban backyard pool. Very funny!
We talk a lot about the indie filmmaking process in this one and the learning curve of a first time filmmaker.
Plus comedy from Erikka Innes herself and a great song from Barbar O' Rhum called "Coeur de l'Ocean". Today's show is sponsored by:
Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'!
Important Websites:
Xander Kent of Blackbeard Banners - http://blackbeardbanners.storenvy.com/ Erikka Innes: https://twitter.com/nerdgirlcomedy Barbar O'Rhum - http://barbarorhum31.wixsite.com/barbarorhumYou can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/063
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Xander Kent is a maker of custom screen printed pirate flags and I'm sure he's got one for you. Cup of Tea jolly roger? Check. Thor's Hammer jolly roger? Check. Microphone jolly roger? On my wishlist.
We dig into the importance of jolly rogers to pirates, why Xander starting making custom ones, the punk influence on his work, graphic design, and more.
Plus we got to do this talk in person, so good sound too! :)
Plus comedy from Brandon Vestal and a great song from Virsces called "Narrows". Today's show is sponsored by:
Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'!
Important Websites:
Xander Kent of Blackbeard Banners - http://blackbeardbanners.storenvy.com/ Brandon Vestal - www.BrandonVestal.com or https://www.facebook.com/brandon.vestal1 Virsces - http://www.virsces.com/You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/062
Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
For extended show notes and more pirate goodies, visit www.UnderTheCrossbones.com
Tim Murphy is an animation trained artist with a new comic book series called Pirates of Padre Tiempo that you'll really dig if you're into comics. We'll talk about the stories themselves, his Kickstarter to fund the second issue, and his artistic background. We'll also dig into the perceptions of "family friendly" - both with people who want violence and sex with their stories and parents who may be waaaay overly concerned with stuff that's not there. And we'll find out what Tim's story challenges were as an artist coming to the writing part.
Plus comedy from Chad Denick and a great song from Douglas Coleman called "All The Way On Love". Today's show is sponsored by:
Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'!
Important Websites:
Tim Murphy - http://www.piratesofpadretiempo.com/ Comedy: Chad Denick - https://www.facebook.com/chad.denick Music: Douglas Coleman - http://www.douglascolemanmusic.com/You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/061
Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
For extended show notes and more pirate goodies, visit www.UnderTheCrossbones.com
The St Augustine Pirate Museum has one of the largest collections of real pirate artifacts anywhere. And today we talk with two of the head honchos over there, Cindy Stavely and Captain Mayhem.
We'll dig into where they get their stuff and who Pat Croce is. Plus the various ways that they educate people about pirate history and culture. Everything from real sunken treasure to Hollywood.
And St Augustine is a mighty piratey place, so we also get into how they stay on the good side of the traditionalists and still entertain the tourists.
Plus comedy from Adam Feuerberg and a great song from Reisender called "Body". Today's show is sponsored by:
Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'!
Important Websites:
St. Augustine Pirate Museum - http://thepiratemuseum.com/ Comedy: Adam Feuerberg - http://www.adamfeuerberg.com/ Music: Reisender - "Body" - http://www.reisendermusic.comYou can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/060
Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
For extended show notes and more pirate goodies, visit www.UnderTheCrossbones.com
Dane Bennett ake Admiral Basi Drake is the lead singer for Pride of Bedlam, this year's International Pirate Awards winners for Favorite Band.
In this great talk we dig into how Dane discovered Ren Faires and the pirate scene after his divorce (and eventually met his current wife), how POB designs their music to stand out in the pirate folk genre, playing a character on stage and dealing with regular folks on stage. Lots of good "inside the brain of performing artists" in this one. And Dane tells us why he thinks pirates have stuck around longer than other characters.
Plus comedy from the Samantha Hale and a great song from Pride of Bedlam called "South Austrailia".
Grab some Pride of Bedlam music at the links below and support Under The Crossbones at the same time!
Important Websites:
Dane Bennett - http://prideofbedlam.com/ Samantha Hale - @thesamanthahale on IG and TwitterYou can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/059
Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
For extended show notes and more pirate goodies, visit www.UnderTheCrossbones.com
Our first live episode! We invade the Story Tavern in Burbank, CA to celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day 2016!
Chris Roberts is the owner of Pirate Art Design in Los Angeles, CA. They do set design for loads of cool Hollywood Stuff. And Chris was nice enough to host us at this TLAPD event in Burbank. Scott Rogers is a former Disney Imagineer, game designer, and author. He's got some great stories about the back end workings of Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland.
Carlos Ragas is the lead actor of Pirates Dinner Adventure in Anaheim and a graduate of the Ringling Bros clown university.
These dudes are all major pirate fans who have let their love of the buccaneer guide their careers over the years.
Thanks to Ryan and Jon for coming out to hang with us. And to the other people in attendance who didn't know there was going to be a live podcast, but played along anyway. :)
Plus comedy from the Jay P. Brown and the International Pirate Award winning song "Hangman's Jig" by Cap'n Tor and the Naer Do Wells Pirate Invasion.
Important Websites:
Chris Roberts - http://www.pirateartdepartment.com/ Scott Rogers - http://mrbossdesign.blogspot.com/ Carlos Ragas aka Captain Cutthroat Jack - http://www.piratesdinneradventureca.com Jay P. Brown - https://www.facebook.com/jaypbrown365 Capn' Tor and the Naer Do Wells Pirate Invasion - http://www.pirateparties.ca/You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/058
Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
For extended show notes and more pirate goodies, visit www.UnderTheCrossbones.com
Scott Pooler is a (Captain?) jack of all trades. Originally a merchant marine and sea captain before being forced back to land by a horrific accident (that we talk about), he's now a photographer and web developer for the Tampa, FL area pirate scene.
Scott is in deep with the Gasparilla festival and its various crewes and the the owner of PirateDirectory.com , a great resource site for pirates of all sorts.
Not to mention, Scott's just quite a character and we had a great talk. Lots of laughs in this one. :)
Plus comedy from the Terry Bu and a great song from Youngest Of Elders called "Shame Spiral".
Important Websites:
Scott Pooler - http://piratedirectory.com/ Terry Bu - http://www.TerryBu.com Youngest of Elders - http://youngestofelders.bandcamp.comYou can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/057
Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
For extended show notes and more pirate goodies, visit www.UnderTheCrossbones.com
Matt Aurthur is the host of Pirate History Podcast, and much like Craig Buddy back in ep. 22, is doing a great job telling the historical stories of the pirates before, during, and after the Golden Age.
We'll get into Matt's motivations for starting the show, how his background in acting has helped, and some stumbles along the way.
Plus comedy from the Ibo Brewer and a great song from Ulrich Ellison called "Rescue Me". Pick up some more music from Ulrich Ellison below and help support UTC at the same time. :)
Important Websites:
Matt Aurthur - http://piratehistorypodcast.com/ Ibo Brewer - https://www.facebook.com/ibocomedy Ullrich Ellison - "Rescue Me" - http://ulrichellison.com/You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/056
Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
For extended show notes and more pirate goodies, visit www.UnderTheCrossbones.com
Ye Banished Privateers is one of the hottest pirate bands in Europe and one of my personal faves. Our first interview attempt resulted in some unfortunate sound problems. But here in our second attempt, the gods of technology smiled upon us I had a great talk with somewhere between 4 and 87 members of the band.
We'll dig into the band's origin story, the crazy way they're recording their new album, and the pros and cons of having 30 (not kidding) people in a band.
Plus comedy from the always dangerous Dougie Almeida and a world premier song from Ye Banished Privateers new album called "First Night Back In Port"!
Pick up the first two Ye Banished Privateers albums through the links below and support UTC at the same time! (You are such a good person.)
Important Websites:
Ye Banished Privateers http://yebanishedprivateers.com/ https://www.facebook.com/YeBanishedPrivateers Dougie Almeida - http://dougiealmeida.com/You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/055
Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
For extended show notes and more pirate goodies, visit www.UnderTheCrossbones.com
Joe Neate and Mike Chapman of Rare Games sit down with us to talk about their new pirate game Sea of Thieves. How's it different from the average pirate video game? What's gone into make this game both exciting and historically interesting? And when I ask them what they haven't been able to make a game do yet, you'll be surprised at the answer.
Plus comedy from Jill Maragos and "Puppy Song" by Bonecage.
Important Websites:
Mike Chapman and Joe Neate www.SeaOfThieves.com www.Rare.co.uk Jill Maragos - http://www.jillmaragos.com/ Bonecage - http://www.TheBonecage.comYou can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/054
Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
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